Carlos Bacca is confident of returning AC Milan to former glories, although he admits that a return for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the San Siro would help their cause.

The Rossoneri failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1998/99 after finishing 10th in Serie A last season - leading to the departure of Filippo Inzaghi who has since been replaced by Sinisa Mihajlovic.

Bacca was signed from Sevilla for around £20million, along with Luiz Adriano from Shakhtar Donetsk, in a push to reawaken the slumbering giants.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed he will look to strengthen his squad with one further addition this summer, but the Portuguese ruled the reigning Premier League champions out of the race to sign Barcelona's Pedro.

Mourinho, who had a reported £20million offer for Everton defender John Stones rejected on Friday, confirmed that he would focus on adding to his defensive options with a little over six weeks of the transfer window remaining.

Everton manager Roberto Martinez was far from happy at the manner in which Mourinho spoke publicly about his wish to pursue Stones, but Barcelona coach Luis Enrique will not be subjected to any such destabilizing tactics regarding Pedro.

Barcelona board member Jordi Mestre has revealed the club will continue their pursuit of Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba if Luis Enrique gives the move the green light.

Juventus reportedly turned down a £56million bid from Barcelona for the France international, however the Catalan giants are expected to go back in for Pogba following Josep Maria Bartomeu's re-election as club president.

And Mestre has confirmed news of Barcelona's interest in the highly sought-after 22-year-old.

DAN RIPLEY: Manchester United have been dealt a blow in their pursuit of Edinson Cavani after the forward's agent claimed he was happy to stay at Paris Saint-Germain.

With PSG hoping to swoop for United's unsettled midfielder Angel di Maria, the Red Devils were interested in landing the Uruguay star who has struggled fitting in alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic since moving to the Parc des Princes in 2013 despite his impressive goals record.

But with the French champions ready to offer Cavani a more attacking role involving Ibrahimovic dropping deeper, the Uruguayan's agent, Walter Guglielmone, insists his client is happy to remain in the French capital.

DOMINIC KING: Christian Benteke will undergo a medical in London on Monday after Liverpool struck a deal with Aston Villa on how his £32.5million transfer fee will be paid.

Liverpool moved into pole position to sign the Belgium international when they banished their initial reservations about his value and decided to meet the release clause in his contract on Thursday.

Benteke, for whom personal terms will be a formality, could not press ahead with a medical assessment until Liverpool had finalised a plan with Aston Villa on how they would structure the payments. After lengthy negotiations, they have now made a breakthrough.

ROB DRAPER: Radamel Falcao took a huge pay cut to play for Jose Mourinho at Chelsea and is determined to prove his doubters in England wrong this season.

The Chelsea manager says that the 29-year-old Colombian striker, who only managed four goals at Manchester United last season and is now on a one-year loan at Chelsea, is so motivated to prove himself a success in the Premier League that he turned down bigger financial offers from other clubs to move to Chelsea.

Falcao was understood to be on around £265,000 a week at Manchester United, to match his tax free wages at Monaco and will be on approximately half that figure at Stamford Bridge.

ROB DRAPER: Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Chelsea will make a fresh bid for Everton defender John Stones, who has been earmarked to be the long-term successor to captain John Terry even though the Merseysiders insist their man is not for sale.

Chelsea are expected to up their offer to £26million this week, as a move for the England centre-half intensifies despite Everton’s resistance. Manager Roberto Martinez claims Stones, 21, will not be sold and has even criticised Chelsea for talking about the bid.

But Mourinho, who is in Montreal where Chelsea’s pre-season training camp is based, believes Everton had simply rejected the initial £20m bid and had not definitively ruled out selling Stones, as it was apparent Chelsea were poised to make an improved bid.

MARTIN DOMIN: Manchester City have completed the signing of Fulham teenager Patrick Roberts in a further move to boost their homegrown ranks.

City and Fulham agreed a fee of £2million, rising to £8m with add-ons, for the England Under 19s prospect who had just a year remaining on his contract at Craven Cottage.

Roberts is City's fourth summer signing, and the third Englishman following the arrivals of Raheem Sterling from Liverpool, Fabian Delph from Aston Villa and young Turkey striker Enes Unal from Bursaspor.